Cracked Archive - Music

Gorbachev Released An Album Of Ballads In 2009
Someone paid $164,940 for the only copy.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' Was Condemned By The Catholic Church
They successfully got some radio stations to stop playing it.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Night Charlie Watts Dressed Up To Punch Mick Jagger
Charlie Watts always felt left out.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Every Christmas, The Bestselling British Single Is A New Song About Sausage Rolls
In 2019 it was 'I Love Sausage Rolls.' 2020? 'Don't Stop Me Eatin'.'
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- By Ryan Menezes
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10 Asses Racing: The Unknown History of the 12 Days of Christmas
It's a memory game, one you're designed to lose.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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11 Annoying Christmas Songs In Need Of A Snowy Exile
These leave us wanting to club Christmas playlists with a candy cane.
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- By Mac Faber
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In Defense Of Bob Dylan's Bonkers Christmas Album
Ever wish Nat King Cole sounded more like the Devil?
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- By JM McNab
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'All I Want For Christmas' Makes Goats Produce More Milk
All I want for Christmas is moo.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Only Successful Recording Of 'Blackbird' Came From The Cast Of Glee
And yet it's one of the most covered songs of all time.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Second-Biggest French Song Of All Time? The Chicken Dance
Though in France, they call it a duck dance.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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'The Beatles: Get Back' Skipped The Most Important Beatle: Pete
The Beatles owe everything to the Best of them.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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We Almost Sent John Lennon's Voice Into Space, But Alas
NASA couldn't afford the licensing fee.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The UK's Weird Christmas Obsession With The Pogues' 'Fairytale Of New York'
Just how much schadenfreude is involved in the song’s popularity among the Brits?
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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Rick James Got High And Destroyed A Salvador Dalí Sketch
Dalí drew it on a napkin, the only paper available.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Time A Rock Star Dove Into A Hotel Pool -- From The Ninth Floor
Shockingly, drugs were involved.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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